About the Artist – SK9 (Shawn Foley)

Shawn Foley, founder of SK9 Arts & Media, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores music, memory, and the reclamation of identity through art. Her portraits of musicians are more than tributes — they are visual echoes of resilience, rebellion, and rebirth.

After enduring a painfully controlling relationship, Shawn turned to painting as a way to process trauma and rediscover her voice. Music became both her muse and her medicine — a lifeline that reminded her of who she was before the silence, and who she was becoming beyond it. Each brushstroke became a declaration: I am still here. I am still powerful.

Her artwork has since traveled across the United States, featured in galleries, festivals, and creative spaces that uplift bold expression and raw truth. Through her series of music-inspired portraits, Shawn celebrates artists who speak to the soul — the ones who break barriers, shatter silence, and give others permission to heal.

SK9 Arts & Media stands as a movement of creative freedom — a space where art meets survival, and where every canvas tells a story of strength reclaimed.